Access to Microsoft 365 Personal is free for one year, allowing you to complete projects smarter.

If you're a student who needs Microsoft to complete projects and assignments, there's good news for you. Microsoft is offering students free access to Microsoft 365 Personal for a full year. Learn more about it here.

Whether it's the beginning or end of a semester, students always need Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel to complete their projects and assignments on time. Keeping this need in mind, Microsoft has launched a great offer. Under this new offer, Microsoft is giving college students free access to Microsoft 365 Personal for a full year. This means that students can now enjoy the full productivity suite's features without paying any monthly fees. So, if you're a college student who needs Microsoft 365 Personal (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) to complete your projects on time, learn the process for claiming this offer here.

Who will benefit from this Microsoft offer?

Microsoft has not imposed any requirements for this offer. To qualify, students must have a valid email address from a recognized college/university to verify their enrollment. When you log in with a valid email address from your college or university, you'll receive a confirmation from Microsoft within 24 hours. You'll need to wait another 24 hours for the activation link.

What features will students get?

This Microsoft offer not only gives students access to web-only free apps, but also allows them to avail of the full premium package of Microsoft 365 Personal for free. This premium pack provides students with full access to all apps, including:

Premium Word

Premium Excel

Premium PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Copilot AI support

Vision, Deep Research features

Podcasts tool

AI media tools like image and video generation

In addition, this subscription also includes 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage, allowing students to easily save their assignments, notes, research documents, presentations, and media files.

Is this offer available to students everywhere?

Microsoft's sign-up page doesn't restrict users by country or region, so students from anywhere can easily take advantage of this offer. However, Microsoft has clarified that some AI features, such as Copilot's advanced AI features, may only be available to students in the U.S., U.K., and Canada.

How do students redeem this free plan?

Microsoft has kept the sign-up process very simple. Students can take advantage of the free offer by following the steps below.

Open your browser and visit the Microsoft Copilot for Students page.

Scroll down to the Study Smarter with Copilot and Microsoft 365 section and click Redeem free offer.

Sign in with your Microsoft account (or create a new account).

After signing in, Microsoft will enroll the user in the Microsoft 365 Personal plan.

A confirmation email will arrive within 24 hours, providing complete activation details.

Follow the steps in the email to activate the plan and start using all premium features.

If you don't receive the confirmation email within 24 hours, be sure to check your email's spam/junk folder. Once activated, you'll be able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and AI features like Copilot for free for a full year.